aforesaid

Example Sentences

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He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It is established that from the aforesaid sum of 50,000 bottles of contaminated baby syrups, 41,462 bottles have been quarantined/seized... and 8,538 bottles remained unaccounted for,” the statement said, adding that investigations were ongoing.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022

A satirical study of the universal insecurities and hierarchical struggles of West African teenage girls, the play receives first-class treatment from director Nicole A. Watson and a cast eager to spread the aforesaid joy.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2019

“It is a simple letter with instructions to block the aforesaid websites,” Dinesh Chandran, an executive with Asianet Satellite Communication Ltd., said in an interview.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2015

For the aforesaid fury of that stone could have derived from more than one cause.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton